[bill1952]

I tried this to get my fathers service records from WWII.
Army Air Corps.

It's been a looong time waiting.

The only thing avaiable online are the enlistment card data.

Since I don't know what wing or group that he served in, I'm down to waiting for his separation form as well.
He was a bomber pilot.
He was shot down, but evaded capture, and again I can't find an E&E report on it at Maxwell, but they are still looking.

I've posted on most of the online forums. - nobody knows him. you would think that he never existed.

It could take years, if ever, since the 73 fire in St. Louis destroyed most of the records.

[PeteB570]

- nobody knows him?

Not hardly. The problem in the military is that people travel in a small circle of friends. A bomber crew would know each other but get outside the crew and each section of job specialties would no most of the same group. Gunners, Pilots R/T operators etc.

Somebody in a small ship may know most everybody (anybody out there from a DD, Etc?) A guy could have been known/remembered just by his nickname.

Keep looking, the info/links/reunions are out there somewhere

[William Tell]

My uncle was shot down also, surviving over a year in a POW camp. Try the link below. Perhaps you will find information the way I did for my uncle. There may be other groups with web sites now.

www.303rdbg.com

If you like, send me a Freepmail with info and I will take a quick look for you.